Jan Whitwell Prize
The Jan Whitwell Prize is an award to honour the memory of Jan Whitwell (1944-1993), a former President of the New Zealand Association of Economists (1992-93), distinguished university lecturer and musician. Jan Whitwell died in a road accident in October 1993. View the Jan Whitwell Obituary, written by Lew Evans.
The Jan Whitwell Prize is awarded for research undertaken as part of a Bachelor’s, Master’s or doctoral degree and presented at the annual conference of the New Zealand Association of Economists. Up to two prizes may be awarded each year, in the value of $1,000 each.
Conditions of entry
- Entry to the Jan Whitwell Prize is open to persons who at the time of the conference are either enrolled in post-graduate study or have completed a Master or Bachelor degree in the preceding eighteen months
- Entrants must be able to attend and present their paper at the Conference.
- Entries from overseas that meet these criteria will also be accepted.
- Participants must comply with Conference Registration deadlines as detailed on the conference website.
- Co-authored papers are allowed, and the other authors need not meet the eligibility criteria for the award. However, the prize entrant must be the sole presenter of the paper.
- There shall be up to two awards made each year, one for the best presentation of research undertaken as part of a doctoral degree, and for for the best presentation of work undertaken as part of a Bachelor or Master degree. In the event that there are insufficient entries in each of these categories, there shall be a single award for which all entrants will be eligible.
Notes:
- Please note that the prize is awarded for the best presented paper.
- Authors must comply with all deadlines for submission of Abstracts and Full Papers as detailed on the conference website.
- Please be sure to check the box indicating that you wish to enter the Jan Whitwell Prize.
- Payment of any monies will only be in NZ dollars, either by way of an NZ cheque made out to the awardee as the payee or a direct debit to a NZ bank account held in the name of the awardee.
Previous winners
2023 – Stuart Donovan (doctoral), Maui Brennan (Honours/Masters)
2022 – Jaimie Monk (doctoral), Robbie Maris (Honours/Masters)
2021 – Cameron Birchall (doctoral),Shakked Noy (Honours/Masters)
2019 – Hanna Habibi (doctoral), Livvy Mitchell (Honours/Masters)
2018 – Li Yaxiong (doctoral), Ben Davies (Honours/Masters)
2017 – Nazila Alinaghi (doctoral), Cameron Hobbs (Honours/Masters)
2016 – Yonatan Dinku (doctoral), Lan Anh Tong (doctoral), Wilbur Townsend (Honours/Masters)
2015 – Michelle Poland (doctoral), Azreem Karim (doctoral), Michelle Lewis (Honours/Masters)
2014 – Peer Ebbesen Skov (doctoral), Anna Robinson (Honours/Masters)
2013 – Lydia Cheung (doctoral), Athene Laws (Honours/Masters)
2012 – Ekaterina Sadetzkaya (doctoral), Katie Bergstrom (Honours/Masters)
2011 – Alex Olssen
2010 – Penny Mok
2009 – Scott Brooker, Michael Kirker
2008 – Damien Eldridge, Nina Walton
2007 – Leo Krippner
2006 – Philip Liu, Linda Sanderson
2004 – Iris Claus
2003 – Kirdan Lees
2002 – Chitrani Agbenyegah Wijegunawardane, Christophe Schumacher, Pipat Wongsaart
2000 – Wai Kin Choy
